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Catherine Ann Staton

Catherine Ann Staton

Catherine Wilfert Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
catherine.staton@duke.edu
2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705

Scholarly Works - Preprints

The impact and experience of a culturally adapted brief intervention for harmful alcohol use in an emergency care setting (PPKAY: Punguza Pombe Kwa Afya Yako): A case series.

Preprint · October 14, 2025 BACKGROUND: Harmful alcohol use is widespread in Tanzania, yet specialized resources to address this remain limited. This case series explores outcomes of three individuals who received a culturally-adapted brief intervention to reduce harmful alcohol use ... Full text Link to item Cite

"A Man Never Cries": A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Gender Differences in Depression and Alcohol Use in Moshi, Tanzania.

Preprint · November 16, 2023 BACKGROUND: Unhealthy alcohol use negatively impacts many components of health and wellness, including mental health conditions like major depressive disorder (MDD). Globally, gender differences are common for both alcohol use behaviors and MDD, but these ... Full text Link to item Cite

"When a man drinks alcohol it's cool but when a woman drinks she is a hoe": A Qualitative Exploration of Alcohol, Gender, Stigma, and Sexual Assault in Moshi, Tanzania.

Preprint · August 28, 2023 BACKGROUND: Alcohol's ever-increasing global use poses a distinct threat to human well-being, with intake and associated burdens rising especially quickly in low- and middle-income countries like Tanzania. Prior research has shown alcohol use and related c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Measuring and applying motivational constructs in a brief intervention for reducing harmful alcohol use in ED patients in Moshi, Tanzania (Preprint)

Preprint · December 15, 2021 BACKGROUNDSelf Determination Theory (SDT) conceptualizes human motivation in terms of a spectrum. However, literature is scarce on how to measure self-determination in different languages ... Full text Cite